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The film is a two-person drama featuring Olivier as Mr. Joseph Halpern, an elderly working class British Jewish widower and Gleason as Mr. Ernest Johnson, a dapper American retired accountant.
- Comedy Drama
Aug 28, 1983 · Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson: Directed by Alvin Rakoff. With Laurence Olivier, Jackie Gleason. At the funeral of Mr. Halpern's wife he meets Mr. Johnson who confides in him that he fell in love with Mrs. Halpern even before she met her husband and has been seeing her regularly during all the years of her marriage.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Alvin Rakoff
- 1983-08-28
Sep 18, 2019 · This 1983 HBO short film stars an unlikely pair: Jackie Gleason and Laurence Olivier. Digitized from an HBO 3/4" U-Matic studio tape, including HBO intro and some commercials that ran immediately...
- 62 min
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- Kevin Day
Feb 6, 2022 · 1983 HBO two-hander drama featuring Laurence Olivier as Mr. Halpern, an elderly working class British Jewish widower and Jackie Gleason as Mr. Johnson, a dapper American retired accountant.
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Joe Halpern is an English, retired, working-class Jew whose wife passes away. At her funeral, he encounters a strange, wealthy American by the name of Ernest Johnson, who asks Halpern to meet him for drinks. Six weeks later, the two men have a rendezvous, and get to know one another.
Jul 9, 2023 · Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983) Review. Joe Halpern is an English, retired, working-class Jew whose wife passes away. At her funeral, he encounters a strange, wealthy American by the name of Ernest Johnson, who asks Halpern to meet him for drinks.
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Towards the end of their lives, two old friends discover that one of them was in love with the other one's wife for more than thirty years.